Device for assembling parts of a centrifugal separating-bowl.



E. R. BAILEY.

DEVIOE FOB ASSEMBLING PARTS OF A GENTRIFUGAL SEPARATING BOWL.

APPLIGATION FILED D110. 14, 1908. RENEWED NOV. 26, 1909.

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EDGERLY B1. BAILEY, OF CLARINDA, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR ASSEIJBLING PARTS OF A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATING-BOWL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed December 14, 1908, Serial No. 487,502. RenewedNovember 28, 1909. Serial No. 530,006.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGERLY R. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Clarinda, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Device for AssemblingParts of a Centrifugal Separating- Bowl; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to the class of centrifugal liquid separatorswherein the interior of the bowl or separating device is provided with aseries of disks which subdivide the interior of the bowl into aplurality of strata both radially and vertically by means of conicaldisks. These disks may be supported in the usual or any desired mannerand are here shown as supported by a plurality of radial wings or bladeson a tubular core in the bowl of the separator.

The object of the invention is to provide ready means for removing thedisks from their supports in such a way that they will be kept in theirproper order or relative positions and so that they may be easily movedapart for cleaning and then reassembled around the support within thebowl.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully de scribed and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view showing the devicein engagement with the disks prior to the removal of the same from theseparator bowl; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the disks removed fromthe bowl and from their supports and secured in position on the holdingdevice ready for cleaning; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View on theline 38 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4C is a side view of the disk holding andsupporting device; Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same; and Fig. 6 is aplan view of the disk retaining plate which is applied to the ends ofthe holder to prevent the re moval of the disks therefrom.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the disk holdingand supporting device which consists of a bar which is bent mid-waybetween its ends to form parallel disk engaging arms 2, which are heldin operative position by a spacing bar which is arranged thereonadjacent to the inner connected ends of the arms as shown. The separatordisks a are each provided with oppositely disposed apertures 5 whichwhen the disks are in operative position on their support 6 will be inalinement. The disks 4 are frusto-conical in shape and are provided attheir upper ends with radial notches 7 to receive the radial wings orblades on the tubular support 6 when they disks are arranged thereon inposition for use. lVhen it is desired to remove the disks from theseparator for cleaning or other purposes, the free ends of the arms 2are inserted through the alined aperturi-is 5 in the disks. After thearms have been thus engaged with the disks, they may be lifted out ofthe separator bowl and out of engagement with their supporting corewithout separating the disks 01' changing their relative positions.After the disks have been thus removed from the bowl and supportingcore, the projecting ends of the arms 2 are engaged with a retainingplate 8, said plate being provided adjacent its outer ends with keyholeslots 9 with which the ends of the arms are engaged, said ends beingprovided on opposite sides with recesses or notches 10 with which thereduced portions of the keyhole slots are engaged thereby securing theretaining plate in position to hold the disks on the arms 2.

In engaging the ends of the arms with the slots 9 in the retainingplate, said ends are sprung together to en age the enlarged portions ofthe key-hole s ots, after which, upon release of the arms, said endswill spring into the reduced portions of the slots,thereby securing theretaining plate in place. After the disks have been thus secured on theholder, they may he slipped apart or separated on the supporting arms 2thus facilitating the cleaning thereof. After the disks have beencleaned, the retaining plate is disengaged from the ends of the arms 2by springing the latter together in the manner hereinbefore described,after which the holding device and the disks are placed in position'inthe separator and the disks allowed to drop on to their supporting core.In replacing the disks on the support that holds them within the bowl,the support itself may either be pushed through the disks while they areheld upon the holder and the latter then withdrawn or the holdercontaining the disks may be placed in the bowl so as to I register theradial notches of the disks with 5 the wings of the supporting shaftwithin the bowl and the disks allowed to drop into place on saidsupport.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is:

1. In a centrifugal separator, having a series of apertured disks orplates, an assembling and disassembling device comprising a plurality ofspring metal arms adapted to be passed through the apertures in saiddisks whereby the latter are removed from the separator and held intheir relative positions, a spacing bar to hold said arms in position topass through the apertures of said disks or plates and means to preventthe casual disengagement of the disks from said holding arms after beingremoved from the separator.

2. A device for assembling and disassembling the disks or plates of acentrifugal separator of the character described comprising a pluralityof spring rods spaced apart and having in their outer ends notches I orrecesses, a disk retaining plate having formed therein key-hole slotsadapted to be engaged by the notched ends of the arms whereby said plateis secured to the arms to hold said disks in place thereon.

3. A device for assembling and disassembling the disks or plates of acentrifugal separator of the character described comprising a pluralityof spring rods or arms, a spacing bar arranged on said rods or arms tohold the same in proper position to be engaged with the disks, aretaining plate adapted to be engaged with the free ends of said arms tohold the disks in their relative positions thereon, and means wherebysaid plate is secured to the ends of the arms.

a. A device for assembling and disassembling the disks of a centrifugalseparator comprising a spring metal bar bent upon itself to form diskengaging and supporting arms, a spacing plate arranged on said armsadjacent to their connected ends whereby the arms are held in properposition for engagement with the disks, and a disk retaining plateadapted to be engaged with the free ends of the arms to hold the disksin position thereon.

5. In a centrifugal separator having a series of apertured disks orplates, an as sembling and disassembling device comprising a pluralityof spring metal arms adapted to be passed through the apertures in saiddisks whereby the latter may be removed from the separator and held intheir relative positions, a spacing'bar to hold said arms in position topass through the apertures of said disks or plates, and a retainingplate adapted to beengaged with the free ends of said arms to hold thedisks in position thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDGERLY R. BAILEY. \Vitnesses:

J. E. ANMAN, T. A. WILSON.

